Both of my computers show many Federal and State updates...several pages of them (since I installed in Dec). AND I force-check for software updates almost every week, since I'm using it every week.
There's always Customer Support (during their weekday work hours) to see if they can determine if you have the latest MA updates installed on each...just make sure you have already forced an update from within the software first.
https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/using-turbotax/help/what-is-the-turbotax-phone-number/00/25632
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Don't know if the following explains part of your situation or not, but freeewheel thinking about it:
...if you have the auto-updates turned off , then you have to manually go to the "Check for Updates" selection in the top menu in order to get all the current updates. So how many updates you see can depend on when you forced the update check last on each machine, and when exactly each set of software was installed. Also, if you didn't use the software for a couple months, then a single update for Fed or State would cover all several updates in only one update. i.e one update contains all the previous missed updates in single listing.
Perhaps for your desktop, maybe you have the initial install of MA that already contained the Laptop patch noted...but that's not an Update.
From your pictures.....it looks to me like you have the auto-update turned off, and you either don't open the software very often, or don't force the software update very often from the top menu....or both. You can check where yours is set on each computer by looking at the top menu (<Online<<Updater Preferences )
I have mine set as "Ask Me" so that I can check the update on my laptop with a test file before committing to using them on my Desktop, or skip the update if I decide I'm not ready to check my test file....I keep my real tax return on my Desktop, and a test file of the same thing the laptop.
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For example, my laptop had the software installed at the same time as my desktop, but had far more updates on it since I use it more often, and check for, and install updates more often ....But I do have to trigger the check for new updates myself every week since I help her in the Community and use the desktop software several days, every week (I usually check for updates on Friday since updates usually come out on Wed or Thurs).
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That may not explain what you see, because it's impossible for us to know your exact setup on each one, and how often you've been using each computer.
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